Air motor



'May 17,1921.

L. WERNICKE AIR MOTOR Filed: 24; 1925` for use with an rable, and is well fil CTI

Patented May 17, 1927.

UNITED STATES LOUIS WERNICKE, OF WEST BEND, WISCONSIN.

AIR morren.

Application led August-24, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in air motors. It is one of the objects of the present iiiv'ention to provide an air motor adapted ordinary windmill 4to. iiicrease the power' developed thereby. I

A further object of lthe invention is to provide an air motor which utilizes a natural phenomena known as the Magnus law.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an air motor which is adapted to be mounted or coupled with the power vshaft of a windmill to receive its initial impulse therefrom and arranged to multhe power developed by the windmill.

A further object of the invention is to provide an air motor of the class described which is of very simple construction, is inexpensive to manufacture, is strong and duadapted for the purposes tiply described.

.With the above and other ob]ects 1n view the invention consists of the improved air motor, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof. In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in both of the views: v

Fig. 1 is a front View of the improved air motor;

Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a view similar to a continuation thereof. f

Referring now more particularly to the drawing it will be seen that the numeral 5 indicates a shaft which is adapted to carry at one end a regulation wind mill 32. The medial portion of the shaft has secured thereto a miter gear iarranged to mesh with sectional view thereof; and

Fig. 1, showing at right angles to the shaft 5. An elongated sleeve 9 encloses the shaft 5 and revolubly mounted about the sleeve 9 is a short outer sleeve 10'having secured thereto a miter gear 11 arranged to mesh with the` miter gear 7.

A housing ll2 encloses the medial portioi an of the shaft 5, portions of the sleeves 9 10 and the miter gears 6, 7 and 11'and the end portion of the housing is provided with a bushing 13'to permit 'the free rotation of the'sleeve 10. .A depending support 14 of the -split formation and adjustable by means 1 portions 17 Serial No. 52,029.

free end portion of bolts 15, engages the and hold of the sleeve 9 to support the saine it rigid against. movement.

An outer auxiliary i'i and sleeve 9, the hub 17 being keyed to the end portion of the shaft 5 whereby the wheel is rotated by said shaft and the hub portion 18 is loosely mounted on the rigid sleeve 9 to turn thereon. provided-with an inner annular band 19 from which radiate a plurality of revoluble rods 20, the outer end portions of said rods being mounted in an outer annular rim 2l. Each of the rods 2O carries a cylinder 22. To rotate its rod, the lower end portions of the rods carry small bevel gears 23 arranged to ride around the surface of a large bevel gear 24 keyed to the rigid sleeve 9, the ratio between the gear 24 and the smaller gears 23 being approximately four to one in order that the cylinders will rotate faster than the speed of rotation of the wheel.

A second auxiliary wheel 25,

rection of lrotation of the wheel 16.

,ylinders 28' carried by radial rods 29 formed with miter gears 30, turn on and about a larger gear 31.

The improved air motor utilizes a'natural phenomena known as the The effect of wind striking the revolving cylinders is an increase of pressure with a decrease of wind velocity, on the side on which the wind strikes, and a decrease of pressure with an increase of velocity of the opposite side. By the application of the Magnus law, the area of decreased presf sure and increased velocity will at certain cylinder speed extend approximately threefourths of the wayaround the cylinders. has been found that this eect is attained when the cylinders are revolved at four times the wind velocity, and the developed presthan ordinarily.

wheel 16 having hub and 1S is mounted ou the shaft The wheel 16 is 7 similar to the wheel 16 is positioned thereadjacent and Thus it will be Magnus law.

shaft 5. The Wheel and its In practice, the shaft'5 receives its initial impulse from an ordinary Wind mill andthe Wheel 16 and cylinders 22 are revolved by the cylinders 28 are revolved in opposite directions by the sleeve l() and by means of the Magnus effect attained through the revolving of the cylinders the power developed by the Wind mill is multiplied and is translated to the work shaft 8.

From the foregoing description it will be seen 'that the improved air motor is of very simple and novel construction and is Well adapted for the purpose set forth.

'hat I claim as my invention is:

l. A device of the character described, comprising a revoluble main shaft, a rigid sleeve surrounding the same, a revoluble sleeve surrounding a portion of the rigid sleeve, a Wheel carried by said shaft, a Wheel carried by saidl revoluble sleeve, means carried by said main shaft for revolving-said Wheels in opposite directions, a plurality of cylinders rotatably mounted in each Wheel,

`comprising a revoluble motion from the main shaft and said revoluble sleeve to said second shaft. l

2. A device of the character described, main shaft carrying a miter gear, a Windmill secured at one end of said shaft to furnish initial impulse thereto, a rigid sleeve about said shaft, a revoluble sleeve surrounding the main shaft and rigid sleeve and carrying a miter gear, a wheel carried by said shaft, a wheel `carried by said revoluble sleeve, a plurality of cylinders, rotatably mounted in each wheel, gear connections-between the rigid sleeve and the cylinders of the wheels for rotating said cylinders when the wheels are turned, a second shaft at right. angles to the main "shaft, and a miter 'gear carried thereby in mesh .with both of said first-mentioned miter gears.

In testimony whereof I aHX my signature.

LOUIS WERNICKE. 

